The UK government, the law and your role
The Great Reform Act of 1832 was significant primarily because it:
- ○Gave women the right to vote for the first time
- ○Abolished the House of Lords
- ✓Extended the right to vote and reduced the number of 'rotten boroughs'
- ○Established the modern Supreme Court
Correct answer
Extended the right to vote and reduced the number of 'rotten boroughs'
The Great Reform Act 1832 began the modernisation of the electoral system by extending voting rights and eliminating 'rotten boroughs' that had almost no voters.
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